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Offline sammy2fish

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the exFAT system
« on: June 23, 2011, 05:34:12 PM »
I wondering if/when will Linux/PCLOS support exFAT format.

It seems to have many things in favour of it...
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Re: the exFAT system
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2011, 06:22:52 PM »
According to the Wikipedia, "exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table, also sometimes referred to as FAT64) is a proprietary, patent-pending[2] file system suited especially for USB flash drives.[3] Developed by Microsoft..."

Based upon that, I wouldn't expect to see a Linux version any time soon.

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Re: the exFAT system
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2011, 06:25:39 PM »
Whoops!  I spoke too soon.  Here is what it further says: "A FUSE-based full-featured implementation is currently in beta status.[7] A proprietary, read/write solution, licensed and derived from the Microsoft exFAT implementation, is available for Android, Linux and other operating systems from Tuxera. A proprietary, full-featured implementation—XCFiles—is available from Datalight.[8] A full-featured implementation for embedded devices —Rtfs—is available from EBS Embedded software."

Nothing says it will be free, tho.   --doug
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Re: the exFAT system
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2011, 08:10:56 PM »
Just a little more time...!

Like ntfs was only for Microsoft...
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Re: the exFAT system
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2011, 09:40:18 PM »
Quote from: sammy2fish on June 23, 2011, 05:34:12 PM
I wondering if/when will Linux/PCLOS support exFAT format.

It seems to have many things in favour of it...


you can use fuse.exfat tool, more info and download http://code.google.com/p/exfat/
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Re: the exFAT system
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2011, 01:07:55 AM »
Quote from: sammy2fish on June 23, 2011, 05:34:12 PM
I wondering if/when will Linux/PCLOS support exFAT format.

It seems to have many things in favour of it...

May I ask what are some of those advantageous things?

My concern is weather or not it be compatible with readers/devices that may expect plain old fat. Would such systems screw up the exFAT filesystem?

Does it at least have mutil user?  ::)

Why not just use ext3?

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Re: the exFAT system
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2011, 06:45:03 AM »
Quote from: Village Idiot on June 24, 2011, 01:07:55 AM
Quote from: sammy2fish on June 23, 2011, 05:34:12 PM
I wondering if/when will Linux/PCLOS support exFAT format.

It seems to have many things in favour of it...

May I ask what are some of those advantageous things?

My concern is weather or not it be compatible with readers/devices that may expect plain old fat. Would such systems screw up the exFAT filesystem?

Does it at least have mutil user?  ::)

Why not just use ext3?



No 4-gig limit file size restriction, and faster transfer than fat32 or ntfs
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Re: the exFAT system
« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2011, 07:42:37 AM »
I don't know about advantages but this one is a big disadvantage:

"Microsoft has not released the official exFAT file specification, and a license from Microsoft is required in order to make and distribute exFAT implementations"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT#cite_note-16)
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Re: the exFAT system
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2011, 03:38:47 PM »
Quote from: marian on June 24, 2011, 07:42:37 AM
I don't know about advantages but this one is a big disadvantage:

"Microsoft has not released the official exFAT file specification, and a license from Microsoft is required in order to make and distribute exFAT implementations"
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT#cite_note-16)


That well be right, but what about this link, then...http://code.google.com/p/exfat/
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